9 thoughts on “ Nagasaki ”

1. Aug 05,  · Nagasaki, capital and largest city of Nagasaki prefecture, western Kyushu, Japan, at the mouth of the Urakami-gawa (Urakami River) where it empties into Nagasaki-ko (Nagasaki Harbor). On August 9, , it was the target for the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the United States during World War II.

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2. History may overshadow Nagasaki in foreigners' minds, but pay a visit, and you'll find a thriving, easy-going, and welcoming city. Set around a picturesque harbor, Nagasaki also has a surprisingly cosmopolitan flavor, a legacy of the Dutch, Chinese, and British communities that have left their mark.

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4. Nagasaki (長崎) is an attractively situated port city on the island of Kyushu and the capital of Nagasaki Prefecture.. As one of Japan's closest port cities to the Asian mainland, Nagasaki has played a prominent role in foreign trade relations for many centuries and was the most important of only a very few ports open to restricted numbers of foreign traders during Japan's period of .

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5. Aug 06,  · Nagasaki was a shipbuilding center, the very industry intended for destruction. The bomb was dropped at a.m., 1, feet above the city.

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6. May 19,  · Nagasaki suffered the same fate as Hiroshima in August The bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th was the last major act of World War Two and within days the Japanese had surrendered. Two senior American military figures – General Groves and Admiral Purnell – were convinced that two atomic bombs dropped within days of .

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7. World War II - World War II - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Throughout July the Japanese mainlands, from the latitude of Tokyo on Honshu northward to the coast of Hokkaido, were bombed just as if an invasion was about to be launched. In fact, something far more sinister was in hand, as the Americans were telling Stalin at Potsdam. In physicists in the United .

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8. Explore Nagasaki holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. | It's both unfortunate and important that the name Nagasaki (長崎) is synonymous with the dropping of the second atomic bomb. This history undeniably overshadows everything else, yet if that's all you experience during your visit you'll be missing the point.

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9. Jul 26,  · While Japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation, the United States dropped another atomic bomb. This bomb, nicknamed "Fat Man," was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40, people immediately and another 20, to 40, in the months following the explosion.

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